Online eleva: Shawn Mendes is a teenage singer and songwriter. He makes videos of his songs and he shares them online. He has millions of fans. Buta few years ago, Shawn was a regular teenager fram Canada. His hobbies were ice hockey and soccer. One of Shaws singing videos was on the website Vine. It was just six seconds long! In one day, there were 10,000 “likes” for Shawn's video. Suddenly he was famous. A month later, Shawn was in front of 600 fans. It was his first concert! A year later, Shawn's first album was number five in the US. charts. 1. Read the text and choose TRUE or FALSE 1, Shawn Mendes is from Canada. 2. His hobbies were s ig and baseball. 3. video got 10.000 likes. 4. The video was only 8 seconds long. 5. His first concert was in front of 600 fans. 6. Shawn's first album was number 1 in the U.S. charts. 2. Put the words in order to make sentences A FAMOUS / HE / WAS CAC IC) B. FIRSTCONCERT / HIS / IT / WAS | | | c. 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